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Strasbourg, France (Bas-Rhin (67)) - Église Catholique Sainte-Madeleine, Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur
Municipal: Strasbourg
Region:Alsace
Address: 12 Rue des Bateliers, 67000, Strasbourg
Website: https://www.musees.strasbourg.eu/

Description nr.: 2021521.

Built by: Andreas Silbermann (1719)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1719	Andreas Silbermann		new organ
1826	Stiehr-Mockers		restoration
1960	Ernest Muhleisen		restoration
2012	Quentin Blumenroeder		reconstruction

In the Église Sainte-Madeleine in Staatsburg there is a two-manual organ positive by Andreas Silbermann. It was built in 1719 for the abbey church of Marmoutier. However, it was never placed in Marmoutier. In 1730, Silbermann delivered it to the Gray sisters in Haguenau, where it was placed in the Couvent Saint-Joseph. After the closure of the monastery, the organ was sold in 1793. It was relocated to the village church of Sessenheim. In 1826 the organ was overhauled by the firm of Stiehr-Mockers. The Tierce has been replaced by a Salicional. Several changes followed in the nineteenth century. In 1907 the organ was removed from the church and two years later it was placed in the Goethe Museum in Sessenheim, owned by Guillaume Gillig.
In 1942 the organ was sold to the museums in Alsace, with the aim of placing it in a new and larger Goethe Museum. Due to the wartime conditions, the instrument remained in storage. In 1959-1960 Ernest Muhleisen carried out a restoration of the keyboard, the pipes and the wind supply. The organ had meanwhile been transferred to Strasbourg. The organ was first stored in the Palais des Rohan, later in a museum depot on the Rue Prechter.
After a restoration by Quentin Blumenroeder in 2011-2012, the organ has been placed on loan in the Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur of the Église Sainte-Madeleine in Strasbourg. This church is close to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. On December 14, 2012, the organ was put into use here.

Short list of all locations the organ has been

1719	Marmoutier	Église Abbatiale
1730	Haguenau	Couvent Saint-Joseph des Tiercelines, Chapelle
1793	Sessenheim	Église de la Nativité-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
1909	Sessenheim	Goethe-museum
1947	Strasbourg	Palais des Rohan
2012	Strasbourg	Église Sainte-Madeleine, Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Grand Orgue	7
- Echo	3
- Pédale	2
Total number of stops	12
Manual compass	Grand Orgue C-c'''
Manual compass	Echo c'-c'''
Pedal compass	C-c°
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests

Specification
Grand Orgue: Bourdon 8', Salicional 8' - 1826, Prestant 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Fourniture 3 rangs (1'), Cromorne 8' (B/D).
Echo: Bourdon 8', Flûte 4', Cornet 3 rangs.
Pédale: Flûte 4', Clairon 4'.

Other specifications
Different specifications	De oorspronkelijke dispositie luidde: Grand Orgue: Bourdon 8', Prestant 4', Nazard 2 2/3', Doublette 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Fourniture 3 rangs, Cromorne 8' (gedeeld). Echo: Cornet 5 rangs.

Literature	Orgels in de Elzas : Orgelcultuur tussen Frankrijk en Duitsland / Peter van Dijk. - Kampen : J.H. Kok, 1992.
Links	https://www.itineraires-silbermann.org/strasbourg-sainte-madeleine/ http://decouverte.orgue.free.fr/orgues/stmadelc.htm